AI Model Optimisation Contract Job Trends in Leeds

AI Model Optimisation
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring AI Model Optimisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing AI Model Optimisation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.093% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

AI Model Optimisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 915 547 617
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 85.35% 89.82% 84.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 541 363 406
10th Percentile £381 £305 £350
25th Percentile £420 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £571 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 4 24
10th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 -
25th Percentile £31.58 £25.38 £12.15
Median hourly rate £39.48 £29.56 £15.60
Median % change year-on-year +33.58% +89.52% -17.92%
75th Percentile £43.96 £50.48 £33.75
90th Percentile - £79.33 £38.75
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.25 £25.50 £15.68
% change year-on-year -4.90% +62.63% -12.01%

AI Model Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) MLOps
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Foundry
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft